, it appears, is a "gla s half-full" sort of guy. Coming off the ' bye week and sitting at 3-6, , Gruden chose to see the positives from his team. "When you go back and you look at what's going on, being 3-6, you look at the six lo ses and there's a play here and a play there and we're just so close to being 7-2 as opposed to being Hoyt Wilhelm Jersey 3-6," he said, . "That's the way the NFL is right now." But, Jay, the other way and . Most every team in the NFL is a play or two away from flipping the results of their games. What separates the good, 7-2 teams, from the bad, 3-6 teams, is the ability to make those plays count. As most coaches are primed to do, Gruden focused on the steps the could make to improve their record down the stretch. "I think the big thing is we have to continue focusing on situational football whether it's third downs, whether it's two-minute drill, whether it's we've got the ball at the plus-40 and we need 10 yards to get a field goal for overtime or a touchdown," he said.Getting an opposing offense off the field -- which they couldn't do in Minnesota during -- might also help in the crutch to flip that record around. Otherwise, the will end up 5-11, believing they could be 12-4.The latest Around The NFL Podcast from an action-packed Sunday. Find more Around The NFL content on . Curt Blefary Jersey